Gliclazide and exhaustion

Nicel

Well-Known Member
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71
Type of diabetes
Type 2
Treatment type
Tablets (oral)
I’ve been on gliclazide for a week tomorrow and today I called my doctors and I’ve refused to take it as from my first day I’ve been feeling drained. I’m sleeping enough eating well nothing else has changed but I just can’t deal with feeling so lethargic. It’s affecting my work as I’m getting agitated now as I can’t concentrate. I’ve started uncontrollably yawning in my customers faces I’m that shattered. Anyone else experienced the same and any advice on what other meds I can maybe look to try please
 

dave fergy

Newbie
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Ive been on the stuff for about two weeks and feel exhausted. Metformin made me feel like ****, so the doc switched me to Gliclazide. Basically any drug that trys to suck sugar from your system cant be good. How does know when to stop? Of course it cant. I might go the diet route, in fact I have to go the diet route, cant go on feeling like this.
 

Chris12345

Active Member
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I've been on it about 10 days. Was originally prescribed 80mg twice a day but instantly knew that was too much as kept crashing. Have since halved to 40mg twice a day (after discussing with GP and specialist nurse) and altered diet and feel comparatively better.
 
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JoKalsbeek

Expert
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5,937
Type of diabetes
I reversed my Type 2
Treatment type
Diet only
I’ve been on gliclazide for a week tomorrow and today I called my doctors and I’ve refused to take it as from my first day I’ve been feeling drained. I’m sleeping enough eating well nothing else has changed but I just can’t deal with feeling so lethargic. It’s affecting my work as I’m getting agitated now as I can’t concentrate. I’ve started uncontrollably yawning in my customers faces I’m that shattered. Anyone else experienced the same and any advice on what other meds I can maybe look to try please
Personally I preferred going the diet route as I'm ridiculously susceptible to side effects, and both Metformin and Glic had enough of those to make me look for other routes. Have been medication-free since switching to LCHF and later Keto, HbA1c solidly in the normal range... Might be worth trying? (Just don't mix low carb with the glic, you'll hypo.)
 

Rose22

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Messages
282
Type of diabetes
Type 1
Treatment type
Insulin
I’ve been on gliclazide for a week tomorrow and today I called my doctors and I’ve refused to take it as from my first day I’ve been feeling drained. I’m sleeping enough eating well nothing else has changed but I just can’t deal with feeling so lethargic. It’s affecting my work as I’m getting agitated now as I can’t concentrate. I’ve started uncontrollably yawning in my customers faces I’m that shattered. Anyone else experienced the same and any advice on what other meds I can maybe look to try please
For the first week I couldn’t see it working, my numbers where still high, especially by the end of the day. However the next week my numbers came right down, along with how well I felt. I had an upset stomach for 10 days and felt achy and shattered. I carried on for four weeks as had review with dr. I’m still on 40 once a day which is lowest amount, don’t think I could go higher. I’ve explained to dr don’t feel well on it, but to be fair when numbers very high I don’t feel well either. I think for me I had to adjust from a high blood sugar to a low, including false hypos over the first few weeks.
My numbers are now better after taking it for a month. My dr has said take it until see diabetes the end of sept in the hospital.
I tried metformin sr, awful gastro side effects, was also vit d deficient after taking it for months, went dr saying achy legs. I tried alogliptin, didn’t do anything and my numbers increased! Tried a Flozin, awful weeing all the time and yeast infection after just 5 days from so much sugar in my system plus gave me heart palpitations. There’s lots classes of drugs, but I seem to have side effects! Just want to feel well.
How are your sugar levels? Might be contributing to the extreme tiredness? I know if I’m running high I struggle to keep my eyes open.
I do eat a Mediterranean low carb diet. Have to watch dont drop too low on Gliclazide.